The Devil’s Daughter by Danielle Steel

Chapter 13 The case against Alex Addison was closed very quickly. No identification was made of the man who had shot him or the getaway driver. There was nothing distinctive about them on the hotel security videos. They’d gotten a license plate, but it proved to be a stolen vehicle. So the murder case was … Read more

Chapter 12 Billie was still asleep when her cellphone rang the next morning and she grabbed quickly to answer it, thinking that Alex might have been arrested, and Mickie was calling her for help. She had dreamt about her all night, and woken half a dozen times. Jason had pulled her close to him and … Read more

Chapter 11 Mickie drove to the Bel Air Hotel the next day in the Bentley. Alex didn’t let her drive the Aston Martin, and she didn’t want to. She didn’t bother to take a security guard with her. She didn’t feel in any danger. She thought Alex was paranoid about that and it made him … Read more

Chapter 10 Coming back from a boat like the Marry Me, with a crew of twenty-five, was like being Cinderella after the ball. For two weeks, every crew member had been at Mickie and Alex’s beck and call, waiting on them constantly, seeing to their comfort, making their every whim and wish come true. They … Read more

Chapter 9 Jason had a text from his boss when he reported for work the day after New Year’s. He’d had a wonderful vacation with his family, and he had almost hated to come back to L.A. He missed the East at times, particularly New York. It had been fun to be back in the … Read more

Chapter 8 The weeks before Christmas were insanely busy for Alex. Every woman he had treated for the last year, even before he moved his practice to Bel Air, wanted some kind of treatment or tune-up before the holidays. Word of mouth, particularly in the Hollywood community, had grown his practice rapidly in the past … Read more

Chapter 7 As Billie had predicted, Jason met Mickie one evening when she showed up at the apartment. Jason had picked Billie up after work in his Jeep, they had gotten sushi and were going to eat in his kitchen. Billie went to get some more of her textbooks she wanted to study, and Jason … Read more

Chapter 6 lex was in a black T-shirt and jeans with his white coat, waiting for Marilyn Hodges, their hostess of the night before, when she arrived at nine the next morning. His office wasn’t open yet, but he had seen her text on his phone when he and Mickie had finally gone to his … Read more

Chapter 4 The shoot for Alex Addison’s ad campaign went smoothly. He got all the looks, shots, and locations he wanted in it and Zack Campbell was fun to work with and brought out the best in Mickie. She was young and malleable and new enough in the business that she followed his directions to … Read more

B Chapter 3 illie made coffee for both of them the next morning when she got up. There were three mugs and a few mismatched plates in the kitchen cabinet and nothing in the fridge. Mickie showed up in the kitchen before her go-see, drank a cup of coffee, and put her portfolio in the … Read more

Chapter 2 Billie spent Sunday getting organized at the hotel, and making lists of the employment agencies that serviced the Boston area. She was going to call them on Monday. She focused on the ones that had experience in the medical field, since that was where her skills and degree applied. She wanted to find … Read more